The article explores the burgeoning rivalry between Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk, highlighting their quest for President Trump's favor to advance their respective projects in AI, space, and energy. Altman, who once strongly opposed Trump, has shifted his stance, aiming to leverage connections with Trump allies for OpenAI's benefit. The rivalry exemplifies the tech industry's realignment under a government characterized by patronage, suggesting that ambition drives leaders to adapt their ideologies to secure federal support for transformational technologies.
"Both men have the ambition to redefine how the modern world works-and both are jockeying for President Donald Trump's blessing to accelerate their plans."
"Executives who have sold a vision of the future defined by ultra-intelligent computer programs, interplanetary travel, and boundless clean energy have bowed to a commander in chief who has already stifled free expression, scientific research, and the mere mention of climate change in government work."
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